watch glass

watch glass

English

Noun

watch glass (plural watch glasses)

1. (chemistry) An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a simple, slightly concave circle of glass. It is a general utility item, used to hold small samples, to evaporate liquids, to cover a beaker, and so on.
2. The glass covering of the face of a watch.
3. A sandglass.

Translations

laboratory equipment

Finnish: kellolasi French: verre de montre (fr) m German: please add this translation if you can Greek: ύαλος ωρολογίου f (ýalos orologíou) Hungarian: óraüveg (hu)

Italian: please add this translation if you can Romanian: sticlă de ceas f Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• watch glass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia